Atlanta Journal
August 1st, 1913
E. F. Holloway Angers Dorsey When He Testifies Contrary to Affidavit—Had Told Dorsey Elevator Switch Was Locked
Court adjourned at 4:58 o'clock until 9 o'clock Friday morning after a day of surprises in the trial of Leo M. Frank, charged with the murder of Mary Phagan, in the National Pencil factory building.
That the switch board which controls the motor used to operate the elevator in the National Pencil factory, where Mary Phagan was murdered was left unlocked Saturday morning when he left the building at 11:45 o'clock, and that anybody could have entered and run the elevator up and down the shaft during the balance of the day, was the statement of E. F. Holloway, one of the factory's watchmen at the trial of Leo M. Frank late Thursday afternoon.
Although Holloway made an affidavit for Solicitor Hugh M. Dorsey, which he identified in the court room, swearing to the fact that he left the switch box locked on that Saturday, he positively declared on Thursday that he left it unlocked, and when confronted with his own signature answered, "I forgot."
When Holloway took the stand he had hardly started his narrative when Solicitor Dorsey cut him short and addressed the court.
"I wish to state that I have been entrapped by this witness." The solicitor's remarks followed the statement of Holloway that he unlocked the switch box to operate the motor to cut some boards and ran the elevator up to the third floor for White and Denham, and left the box unlocked.
Dr. Claude Smith, city bacteriologist, was on the stand for a while and testified that stains upon certain chips which were brought to him by city detectives, presumably cut from the second floor of the pencil factory, contained blood corpuscles. He could not say, however, that it was human blood, he only knew that it was the blood of a mammal, and under cross-examination by Attorney Rosser, admitted that it might have been the blood of a mouse. Dr. Smith examined the shirt said to have been found in the house of Newt Lee and declared that the shirt was not soiled save for blood stains and that it appeared not have been worn recently, as there were no body odors on it.
Mary Phagan had been dead ten or fifteen hours when her body was examined by William A. Gheesling, of P. J. Bloomfield's undertaking establishment, shortly after 4 o'clock on the Sunday morning her body was discovered in the basement of the pencil factory, according to Gheesling's testimony given at the trial of Leo M. Frank during Thursday afternoon's session. Thus according to the undertaker, the little girl met her death some time between the time that she entered the factory at 12:10 o'clock Saturday afternoon and 6 o'clock of the same day, not later than 6 o'clock.
MRS. APPELBAUM PRESENT.
Mrs. Callie Scott Appelbaum, whose trial and acquittal upon the charge that she murdered her husband in an Atlanta hotel, was a recent sensation in Atlanta, because one of the women spectators in the court room shortly after the afternoon session convened.
Under cross-examination by Attorney Arnold, Stanford testified that on Friday preceding the murder he had swept the floor of the entire metal room. The job took him about three hours, he said. He worked from 9 o'clock until 12. He swept beneath all of the machines and even removing boxes and barrels and other debris stored next to the women's toilet. He swept under Mary Phagan's machine and under the lathe used by Barrett. The area that he swept is as big as the court room, he said.
"Was it your duty to sweep this room?" asked Attorney Arnold.
"It was my duty to sweep part of it, where the concrete floor is." That, he said, is little less than half of the total area.
"Why did you go on and sweep the wood floor when you were supposed to sweep only the concrete floor? Did you just start to sweeping and then couldn't stop?"
"No, sometimes I sweep the whole floor."
"Who told you to sweep this part?"
"Nobody."
"A negro was paid to sweep this, wasn't he?"
"Yes."
"Wasn't it a negro's duty to sweep that same place that same day?"
"No, the negro usually swept it on Saturday."
"Were you paid by the hour or by the piece?"
"By the hour."
In sweeping this floor, said Stanford, he saw a few paint spots near the entrance of the women's dressing room, and also near the door of the room where lacquer is kept.
"Will you swear that there were not half a dozen other spots in that room, of one kind or another?"
"Yes."
Mrs. George W. Jefferson was called to the stand. She is an employe of the National Pencil factory. She was in the factory on April 23 and again on April 28.
She passed through the metal room on the 28th to the polishing room and didn't notice any blood spots, but did see spots on the floor there Monday. She described the blood spots.
She works in the polishing room on the same floor with the metal room. In the polishing room about 50 feet from the blood spots, on a post a number of pieces of twine cord usually hang.
The color of the blood spots was dark, she said; but there was some whitish stuff spread over them. Picking up a cord, Solicitor Dorsey asked the witness if she had seen any cord like that in the factory.
"Yes," she said. It was similar to lengths of cord that hung on the post.
"How long have you been working in the polishing room?"
"About five years."
"Are there any paints kept in the polishing room?"
"Yes."
"Any red paints?"
"Yes."
"How many different shades of red paint are kept there?"
"Three—maroon red, red line and bright red."
"Are you familiar with these paints?"
"Yes, I should be. I use them enough in polishing."
"Those are all the paints there?"
"Yes."
SPOT WAS NOT PAINT.
"Could you distinguish one of these paints from another?"
"Yes."
"Could you tell whether or not the red spot had been made by one of the paints used in the polishing room?"
"It was not one of the paints."
Attorney Rosser took up the cross-examination.
"How did you happen to discover those dory spots near the dressing room door?" he asked.
"Mr. Barrett and I discovered them together at about the same time."
"Did you discover them or did Barrett call your attention to them?"
"I had been over to Mary Phagan's machine and was on my way back to the polishing room where I worked when we saw the spot. I think Mr. Barrett saw it first."
"Barrett was going around looking for spots, huh?"
"He made a search of the metal room."
"The floor in the metal room is dirty and greasy, is it not?"
"Yes."
"There are a good many dark spots on it?"
"I've seen greasy spots, but no spots like the one by the dressing room door."
"Where were the paints kept?"
"In the polishing room."
"Were there no paints in the metal room?"
"No."
"After the coloring matter is mixed with the grease, it is difficult to tell the color, is it not?"
"I never tried that."
"Did the white stuff hide the red spot?"
"No."
"How many other red spots did you find around the metal room?"
"I didn't find any others."
"You say you knew Mary Phagan?"
"Yes, for about a year."
SPOT CHIPPED UP LATER.
"How much of that white stuff was there?"
"It covered a place about as big as my fan." The witness exhibited a palm leaf fan of ordinary size.
"This spot later was chipped up, was it not?"
"Yes."
"Come down," said Mr. Rosser.
Solicitor Dorsey told her to wait.
"Where are the pencils painted?" inquired the solicitor.
"On the third floor."
"Where else are the paints used?"
"Nowhere, except on the third floor and in the polishing room on the second floor."
"After the paints are carried into the polishing room, is there ever any occasion to take them out to the metal room?"
"No, sir."
Mr. Dorsey sat down as if he had finished with the witness, and Mr. Rosser arose again.
"Mrs. Jefferson, these cords are scattered around all over the building, are they not?" inquired Mr. Rosser.
"No, sir, they are not supposed to be."
"Well, where are they kept?"
"On the post in the polishing room."
"Do you mean to say that there are none of these cords anywhere else about the building?"
CORDS IN POLISHING ROOM.
"As a matter of fact, don't they sometimes fall on the floor and aren't they sometimes carried in the sweepings to the basement?"
"I have never been to the basement have you?"
"No, sir."
"You don't know whether there are any cords down there or not?"
"No, sir."
"As a matter of fact, Mrs. Jefferson, haven't you within the past three months seen cords like this on the first floor of the factory?"
"No, sir, I have not."
"Well where else have you seen them beside the polishing room and the third floor?"
"Nowhere else."
Mr. Rosser sat down, and Mr. Dorsey questioned the witness.
"Do they have any need for cords in the basement?"
"None that I know of."
HASLETT ON STAND.
City Detective B. B. Haslett was called to the stand.
He told of going to Frank's house Monday morning at 7 o'clock to get him to go to the police station. Answering questions put by Solicitor Dorsey, he said that Frank was not arrested at this time, and was kept at detective headquarters only two or three hours.
Haslett said that they told Frank at his house that Chief Lanford wanted to see him. Frank appeared willing to accompany them and said: "Wait a minute and I'll be with you."
"Do you know when Frank was arrested?"
"No, sir, I do not."
"Whom did you see at detective headquarters that morning?"
"I saw Mr. Rosser and Mr. Haas, after I had gone up the street and come back."
Attorney Rosser cross-examined him.
"What time did you say you saw Mr. Haas and me there?" asked Mr. Rosser.
"I think it was about 8 o'clock, as nearly as I can recollect. I won't swear to the exact time."
Mr. Rosser asked for details about the detectives' actions at Frank's house, in an apparent effort to gain from Detective Haslett an admission that Frank was detained against his will.
"You know, don't you, that Frank didn't get away from detective headquarters until nearly 12, don't you?"
"No, I didn't stay there until 12."
"As a matter of fact, when you went out to Frank's house, it wasn't a question of whether or not he wanted to go, was it?"
"I don't suppose it was."
"Why did they send two of you?"
"Well, we generally work two together."
"Well, now, if Frank had resisted, Mr. Haslett, wouldn't you have brought him anyhow?"
"Yes, I guess we would."
UNDERTAKER TESTIFIES.
William A. Gheesling was called to the stand. He is an undertaker employed by P. J. Bloomfield.
Gheesling said that he went to the pencil factory at about 10 minutes to 4 o'clock on [t]he morning that the body was discovered and found the body lying face down on the ground on the spot where it was discovered. The cord and the loop of an undergarment strip still were around the neck said he. He put the remains in a basket and carried them to the undertaking establishment, said he.
The impression that the loop and the cord had left on the neck of the body was an eighth of an inch deep, said he.
"What was the state of the body as regards rigor mortis?" asked the solicitor.
DEAD 10 OR 15 HOURS.
The body was rigid, said the witness.
"How long would you estimate that she had been dead?"
"Ten or fifteen hours and maybe more," answered Gheesling.
He said that the blood on her clothes had coagulated. Blood had settled in her face, her head being lower than the rest of the body. The solicitor asked him how long it takes usually for blood to settle. Sometimes it settles in a few minutes, said the witness.
"Did you examine her nails?"
"After Dr. Hurt."
"What did you discover under her finger nails?"
"Only dust."
"Did you observe anything about her eyes?"
There was a bruise over the right eye, said the witness. Evidently it had been made before death, for it had swelled.
"Were there any other wounds?" asked the solicitor.
"There were two on the back of the head."
DESCRIBES WOUNDS.
"If you made an examination, tell the jury about it."
The skull was not fractured, said the witness, but the scalp was broken.
"Were there any marks on the body that could have been made by dragging?"
"There was a scar over each eye about the size of a dime."
"What was the condition of her nose?"
"I don't know."
"Were you present when Frank came to the undertaking place on the morning of Sunday, April 27?"
"Yes. I didn't know who Frank was until afterward, though."
"Did you observe his conduct particularly?"
"No."
"Can you say whether or not he looked upon the body?"
"I cannoa [sic]."
"Can you say what caused the death of Mary Phagan?"
Before the witness could reply, Attorney Rosser objected on the ground that the witness was not competent, not being a physician. Judge Roan held that the solicitor would have to qualify the witness as an expert. The solicitor withdrew his question with the comment that he would prove that by somebody else.
ROSSER TAKES WITNESS.
The witness was cross-examined by Mr. Rosser.
"Was the blood under hair damp?"
"I don't know."
"Well, if it had been damp an hour before you found the body, how long would you say that she had been dead?"
"Between ten and fifteen hours, I would say. I don't go by the blood at all but by the status of the rigor mortis."
Attorney Rosser brought out from the witness the statement that rigor mortis sets in more quickly in certain cases than in others.
The witness admitted that he had little experience with strangulation cases. He had embalmed the bodies of a couple of men who were hanged. They were the only cases that he remembered. The witness discussed the action of blood after death, and said that no blood would come from wound after the last heart action unless the body was moved or it was forced out by some pressure.
Attorney Rosser brought out that in embalming the body, Gheesling removed half a gallon of blood and put in a gallon of embalming fluid. The witness was asked the formula of the embalming fluid that he used, and asked the court that he be not made to answer as the formula is one of his own which it has taken him fifteen years to perfect. The attorney withdrew the question.
BODY NOT MUTILATED.
The most interesting fact brought out by the cross examination of Gheesling was that Mary Phagan's body was in no way mutilated. Attorney Rosser brought out that Dr. Hurt had probed under the girl's finger nails, but the witness did not know what he had found. The witness stated that Dr. Hurt made a post mortem examination of the body on Monday. The witness convulsed the court when in reply to Rosser's questions as to whether the girl's underclothes had been torn or cut, he replied he was no dressmaker and couldn't tell.
Solicitor Dorsey asked the witness a final question:
"Had the girl lost much blood when you examined the body?"
"She couldn't have lost much," was the answer.
Dr. Claude Smith was called as the next witness. He is a physician, and is the Atlanta city bacteriologist and chemist.
FOUND BLOOD ON CHIPS.
Solicitor Dorsey handed to the witness some chips.
"Dr. Smith, have you made any tests on these chips? If so, when?"
"These chips appear to be specimens that the detectives brought to me at my office."
"What was their condition?"
"They were very dirty, and there appeared to be a stain upon them. I examined several specimens, and one one specimen I found blood corpuscles."
The chips were the ones exhibited previously as having been dug from the metal room floor.
"Could you tell whether it was human blood or not?"
"I could not."
The shirt that the detectives claim to have found in the bar[r]el at Newt Lee's house was handed to the witnes[s]. He was asked if he had seen it before. The shirt was one that the detectives had brought to him, said the witness. He started to repeat something that the detectives told him when they delivered the shirt. Mr. Rosser objected. "We don't care anything about that. We want to hear what you know of your own knowledge."
SHIRT NEVER WORN.
Solicitor Dorsey added, "Yes, just tell us what you found."
The witness stated that he examined the stains on the shirt. They reacted under the chemical test and also under the miscroscope [sic]. The witness examined the arm pits of the sihrt [sic] and it was his opinion that it hadn't been worn.
Mr. Rosser objected. "We don't want your opinion on common place subjects," said he. Dr. Smith continued that blood had been smeared over the inside of the shirt, and very little of it had penetrated outside. It was wadded together in some places as if it had been used to wipe something.
Again Mr. Ros[s]er objected, declaring that the witness merely was giving his own conclusion; that he was supposed to give the condition of the shirt, without surmise.
Judge Roan advised the witness to state just what condition the shirt was in when it reached him.
Solicitor Dorsey declared that the shirt had been produced by Mr. Rosser for the defense, and that he wanted the witness to tell the jury what its condition was when the detectives gave it to him. Mr. Rosser rejoined: "I was just showing what John Black had been doing—that he had been finding a shirt."
"Go ahead, doctor, and tell us about the condition of the shirt," said Mr. Dorsey.
"It was not soiled around the inside of the collar," said the witness. "It had every appearance of having been washed, but not worn." He said there was no odor to it.
Manifesting some impatience, Mr. Rosser jumped to his feet and asked that the witness' reply be stricken from the record. He declared that the witness was not discussing a scientific matter, but a common place one, which did not require expert testimony.
"All this stuff about odors is not a medical question," asserted Mr. Rosser. He ought to discuss only those things which the jury cannot determine for themselves."
Solicitor Dorsey asked the witness to tell the condition of the shirt and omit his conclusions.
There was no odor to the shirt. There was no evidence of soiling on the inside of the collar. Most of the blood was on the inside of the shirt.
ROSSER'S EXAMINATION.
Mr. Rosser cross-examined the witness. He endeavored to make the witness admit that under some circumstances, such as the tail of the shirt being turned up, it could be soiled outwardly yet appear to have been soiled from the inside. Dr. Smith was inclined to dispute that theory. Again growing impatient, Mr. Rosser declared that the witness had been arguing ever since he came on the stand.
"You say there was no stain on the inside of the collar?"
"There was none."
"There was a pungent odor of blood, wasn't there?"
"Yes, there was some odor from the blood."
"Then the blood odor might destroy the body odor, might it not?"
"Somewhat."
"You say the odor of the shirt was that of a garment that had been washed and was fresh?"
"If a person had just worn this shirt a short while, there wouldn't be much odor, would there?"
"Yes, there would be some odor."
"If he had put it right on and taken it right off, you still count detect it?"
Mr. Rosser counted out four chips in the package and handed them to the witness. Dr. Smith admitted that he could not tell on which one of the four chips he found the blood.
Dr. Smith continued that blood corpuscles could remain on the floor or piece of wood for years if they were not disturbed in any way. He said, however, that they dissolved rapidly when water was put with them.
He had not examined the blood on the chips for quantity, said the witness, but admitted that all of the corpuscles that he saw—some four or five—could have been left there from one drop of blood. He could only tell that it was the blood of a mammal.
BLOOD OF A MOUSE?
He admitted that the blood might have been from a mouse, but refused to state that it was not the blood of an animal. Some experts could tell the difference between human and brute blood, but he could not.
Dr. Smith was asked a number of questions relative to rigor mortis, which, said he, usually starts very soon after death. It was complete in a number of instances in about ten hours, he said.
Mr. Rosser attempted repeatedly to make the witness say that a person taking off the shirt could have folded it so that the different blood spots would have been distributed upon it as they appeared in court; but the witness contended that it was hardly possible. Some of the blood on the inside of the shirt was only six inches from the arm pits, he said.
E. F. Holloway, watchman at the National Pencil factory, was called to the stand. In reply to questions by Solicitor Dorsey, he said that he worked in the pencil factory on the Saturday of the murder, from 6:20 a. m., until 11:45, and that among his duties was the supervision of the elevator.
"What do you do when you leave, usually?" asked the solicitor. "What did you do regarding the elevator when you left on Saturday?"
"I had cut two plans for White and Denham, and I started the elevator to the third floor, where they were working."
Solicitor Dorsey addressed the court.
"I want to say right now that I have been entrapped by this witness straight-out."
The solicitor addressed this question to the witness after taking some affidavits and papers from his table:
"On May 12, 1913, in the presence of E. S. Smith, stenographer, Detectives Starnes and Campbell, and myself, didn't you say regarding the power box that enables you to run the elevator, that you kept it locked all the time?"
"I said I left it locked Friday night."
"Where did you leave the elevator Friday night?"
"I left it on the second floor."
"Was it there when you left the building that Friday night?"
"Yes."
"On Saturday, where was the elevator when you left?"
SWITCH BOX UNLOCKED.
"I did some sawing for Mr. White and Mr. Denham and sent it up and left the switch box unlocked Saturday."
"Didn't you say you never heard of the insurance company ordering the switch box kept open all the time, one day in my office? And don't you know that you said Mr. Darley had instructed you to keep it locked all the time? And isn't it a fact that the box was locked Saturday morning at 11:45 when you left the building?"
"It was not."
"Why then, did you tell me it was?"
"I forgot."
"What was it Frank said to Newt Lee Friday night—you heard what he said, didn't you?"
"I didn't hear him say anything to Newt Lee."
Solicitor Dorsey picked up an affidavit.
"You signed your name to this paper, didn't you?"
The witness replied "Yes."
"Why did you say the box was always kept locked?"
"I forgot."
Holloway proceeded to testify that he saw Frank leave the pencil factory at 9:45 a. m. Sturdaya [sic], April 26, to go to Montag Brothers.
"Did you ever see Gantt speak to Mary Phagan while he was working in the factory?"
"No."
The witness had misunderstood the question, he said, asking that it be repeated. The lawyers for the defense interposed that he was hard of hearing. Mr. Dorsey repeated the question.
"I saw him talking to her frequently."
[several words missing] and where?"
"Around the time clock. [several words missing] would stop to register.
"What is the condition of the stairs that lead from the ground floor to the back of the basement?"
"It is good," answered the witness.
"Are these stairs nailed up? If so, how long have they been nailed up?"
"All this year."
"Were you there Monday morning after the murder?"
"I was."
"What do you know about the insurance people going through the building?"
"I saw a crowd of men in the basement."
"Do you know when that area down there was cleaned up?"
"About two weeks after the murder."
That closed the direct examination, and the witness was turned over to Attorney Arnold.
"Mr. Holloway, all Saturday morning the front doors were unlocked, were they not?" began Mr. Arnold.
"Yes."
"When those men, Denham and White, wanted you to saw those boards for them, you had to use the motor, didn't you?"
"Yes."
"That's the same motor that runs the elevator, isn't it?"
"Yes."
"And you left the switch-box open when you left, did you?"
"Yes."
ELEVATOR OPEN.
"Then anybody could run the elevator after that?"
"Anybody—yes."
"Mr. Holloway, isn't the floor of the metal department dirty and greasy?"
"There's not a worse one in town."
During the three years he has worked in the pencil factory, said the witness, the floor of the metal room has not been scoured once.
"Mr. Holloway, spots are not uncommon on this floor, are they?"
"No, sir."
"Have you ever seen spots that looked like blood, around the ladies' toilet?"
"Yes."
"Did you ever see the spots that Barret[t] claims to have discovered, on the floor of the metal room?"
"I saw it late on Monday."
"This man Barret[t] discovered mighty near everything that was found in the building, didn't he?"
"So he claims," said the watchman.
"Did you ever see Frank speak to Mary Phagan?"
"Did you see Newt Lee when he got there Monday?"
"Yes, he was just going out with the detectives."
"Who came next?"
"Either White or Denham—I don't know which. He went upstairs."
"Who was the next to come in?"
"Alonzo Mann, the office boy."
"Who next?"
"Mr. Frank, I think."
"What did he do?"
"He opened the safe, got out the books and went to work."
"Who came next?"
"Mattie Smith. She worked there."
"Who came next?"
"I don't remember."
"Didn't you see Corinthia Hall and another young woman come in?"
"No, I met them at Hunter and Broad streets after I left the factory. Miss Emma asked if there was anybody at the factory. She was getting cold and wanted to get a wrap, she said. I told her Mr. Frank was there and would let her in."
"Who else came in the factory while you were there?"
"Graham and others came in while I was upstairs with White and Denham."
"Are there double doors leading back to the metal room? Are they kept locked?"
"Yes, but they're not kept locked. One stays closed and the other open. They couldn't be locked. There's not lock on them. The doors are there to keep the steam out of the packing department. One is kept closed all the time when the factory is working."
"On the Friday before the murder, did you turn the building over to Newt Lee?"
"Yes."
"Who closed up the building?"
"Lee."
"He closes all doors and windows?"
"Yes."
"On all the floors?"
"Yes."
"It's his duty to go to the basement and the back door of the basement?"
"Yes."
"What other negroes are employed in the factory?"
"Knolys, the fireman; Jim Conley, the sweeper; Bill McKinley, Fred Howell, who sweeps the metal room, and Joe Williams."
"Have you ever heard of Stanford sweeping up the cement floors and the wood floors around the metal room?"
"Yes, frequently. He's done that all this year, when we've been short of hands."
"The factory usually paid off on Saturdays at 12 o'clock?"
"Yes."
"Where were the employes paid off?"
"Near the clock."
"Frank didn't usually pay off, did he?"
"No, sir."
"When were the employes paid off on the Friday before the murder—what time?"
"About 5:45 or 6 o'clock."
"Saturday was a holiday?"
"Yes."
"You put up signs notifying the employes that they would be paid off on Friday night?"
"Yes, sir, I put signs up on every floor."
"What time did you usually get to the factory in the mornings, to relieve the night watchman?"
"Always at 6:20 o'clock."
"Did you ever come to the factory on Sundays?"
"No, sir."
"Who was there on Sundays?"
"Nobody."
"How was the elevator entrance closed?"
"By sliding doors."
"Could anybody raise them?"
"Yes."
"What is the condition on the first floor?"
"Very dark. There are always a lot of boxes piled around. Anybody coming from the light of the street would find it hard to see."
"Could anybody raise the doors and get into the elevator shaft from the first floor?"
"Yes, these doors slide up and down on weights, like windows."
"Were the same kind of doors on the elevator on the second floor?"
"Yes."
"Did you see Mrs. White before you left the factory that Saturday morning?"
"No, sir; she came after I left."
"You say there are two time clocks, one registering from 1 to 100, and the other from 101 to 200?"
"Yes. There are about 160 employes in the factory. Every one has a number. That makes it necessary to have two clocks."
"Newt Lee, the night watchman, was expected to punch every half-hour to show he was there—twenty-four times every twelve hours?"
"Yes."
"Was the shipping clerk at the factory that Saturday morning?"
"Yes, he was there about two hours. He came at 8 o'clock and stayed until 10 o'clock."
"Where is the shipping department?"
"Just off from the packing department on the second floor."
"When Mattie Smith was paid off, she found a mistake had been made in her pay, did she not?"
"Yes, she found it out just about the time she came out of the office and got as far as the clock. Darley accompanied her back into Mr. Frank's office and corrected the mistake."
"The stenographer, Miss Hattie Hall, came in during the morning, did she not?"
"Yes, I saw her at the typewriter in the outer office."
"What time did Frank come back from Montag Brothers?"
"About 11 o'clock."
"Did he have a paper in his hand, or a folder?"
"Yes, he always carried this folder over to Montag Brothers and brought it back with him."
"When Frank returned from Montage Brothers, did he go right up to office?" continued Mr. Arnold.
"Yes."
"The stenographer was still in the outer office?"
"Yes."
"We have some cords here." Mr. Arnold picked up a piece of cord. "You used these cords in various parts of the factory building, did you not?"
"Yes, everywhere in the building."
"You can find them in various parts of the building?"
"Everywhere."
"They come to the factory tied around bundles of slats, do they not?"
"And pencils are made out of these slats?"
"Yes."
"These cords are hung about on nails and get into the trash every day, do they not?"
"Yes, it's impossible to keep them from being scattered around."
"Did you see Mae Barrett that Saturday morning?"
"Yes, I met her going up into the building."
"Did you see Mary Phagan?"
"No, sir."
"Did you see Mary Phagan's body?"
"Yes."
"Did you recognize it?"
"Yes."
"You knew her by name?"
"Yes."
"She was stout and stockily built?"
"Yes."
"Was the negro Conley familiar with the metal room?"
"Yes, he was familiar with every part of the building."
On re-direct examination. Solicitor Dorsey asked Holloway this question:
"In my office, did you not tell me that you locked the power box of the elevator on Saturday?"
"I don't remember."
Solicitor Dorsey took up a stenographic record and read this extract:
"Do you general[l]y keep the power box locked? Answer: Yes. Where do you keep the key? Answer: In the office. Did you lock the box on Saturday? Answer: Yes.'
"Did you read over this record before you signed it?" demanded the solicitor.
"Yes," said the watchman. "I read it over, but I didn't tell you anything about sawing wood on that Saturday, and I remembered that I left the box unlocked and put the key in the office, where I got it Monday."
The solicitor grilled the witness on previous statements by himself in contrast with those offered there in court.
Attorney Arnold said to the witness:
"You forgot to tell him about sawing the planks and that reminded you about unlocking the elevator and then taking the key to the office, where it was left because there is a spring lock on the power box?"
"That's right," the witness said.
After the witness left the stand Solicitor Dorsey tendered in evidence that portion of the stenographic record of Holloway's statement to him which referred to the power box, saying that the witness did not admit saying that he locked the box on Saturday. The attorneys for the defense contended that he did admit saying that he had locked the box, although he was mistaken about it.
The witness was called back to the stand, and then he clearly admitted that he had said to the solicitor that he had told him that he locked the box on Saturday.
Solicitor Dorsey then declared that he still wanted to put the stenographic record in record as it was highest and best evidence of the witness' contradictory statement by which he, Dorsey, had been entrapped. To avoid a tedious argument, said the solicitor, he would waive the point inasmuch as he had secured the witness' admission that he had contradicted himself.
Solicitor Dorsey called for Mrs. Arthur White as the next witness, but Judge Roan declared it was time to adjourn. Before adjourning, however, the court asked if any of the jurors had any complaint to make of treatment they were receiving.
Juror Winburn said they had had a complaint relative to their rooms, but he understood the matter would be rectified by the sheriff.
- Monday, April 28th, 1913: Coroner’s Jury Visits Scene of Murder and Adjourns Without Rendering Verdict, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 19th, 2024] [Originally Added On: February 11th, 2021]
- Monday, 28th April 1913 “God’s Vengeance Will Strike Brute Who Killed Her,” Says Grandfather of Mary Phagan [Last Updated On: March 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: February 7th, 2021]
- Monday, 28th April 1913 J. M. Gantt is Arrested on His Arrival in Marietta; He Visited Factory Saturday [Last Updated On: June 18th, 2023] [Originally Added On: February 14th, 2021]
- Monday, 28th April 1913 Man Held for Girl’s Murder Avows He Was With Another When Witness Saw Him Last [Last Updated On: February 10th, 2021] [Originally Added On: February 10th, 2021]
- Monday, 28th April 1913 Police Think Negro Watchman Newt Lee Can Clear Murder Mystery; Four Are Now Under Arrest [Last Updated On: June 9th, 2023] [Originally Added On: February 13th, 2021]
- Monday, 28th April 1913 Strand of Hair in Machine on Second Floor May Be Clew Left by Mary Phagan [Last Updated On: June 18th, 2023] [Originally Added On: February 12th, 2021]
- Monday, 28th April 1913 Thousands Visit Morgue to View Girl’s Body [Last Updated On: February 9th, 2021] [Originally Added On: February 9th, 2021]
- Monday, 28th April 1913 Two Maundering Notes Add Mystery to Crime. [Last Updated On: February 8th, 2021] [Originally Added On: February 8th, 2021]
- Tuesday, 29th April 1913 Bloody Thumb Print is Found on Door, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 21st, 2023] [Originally Added On: February 6th, 2021]
- Tuesday, 29th April 1913 Gantt's Release Asked in Habeas Corpus Writ [Last Updated On: September 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: February 5th, 2021]
- Tuesday, 29th April 1913 Leo Max Frank, Factory Superintendent, Detained By Police [Last Updated On: September 27th, 2023] [Originally Added On: February 4th, 2021]
- Tuesday, 29th April 1913 State Offers $200 Reward; City Will Follow With $1,000 For Mary Phagans Murderer [Last Updated On: September 14th, 2023] [Originally Added On: February 3rd, 2021]
- Tuesday, 29th April 1913 Stepfather Thinks Negro is Murderer [Last Updated On: September 14th, 2023] [Originally Added On: February 2nd, 2021]
- Tuesday, 29th April 1913 Three Handwriting Experts Say Negro Wrote the Two Notes Found by Body of Girl [Last Updated On: February 1st, 2021] [Originally Added On: February 1st, 2021]
- Tuesday, 29th April 1913 Where Was Mary Phagan on Saturday Afternoon? [Last Updated On: January 31st, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 31st, 2021]
- Tuesday, 29th April 1913 Witnesses Positive Murdered Girl Was Same Who Created Scene at the Terminal Station on Friday [Last Updated On: January 30th, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 30th, 2021]
- Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Business Men Protest Sensational “Extras” [Last Updated On: January 22nd, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 22nd, 2021]
- Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Hearing for Gantt at 3 P.M. Wednesday [Last Updated On: January 25th, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 25th, 2021]
- Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Mary Phagan at Home Last Friday, Says Mother [Last Updated On: January 23rd, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 23rd, 2021]
- Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Negro Watchman Tells Story of Finding Girl’s Body and Questions Fail to Shake Him [Last Updated On: January 29th, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 29th, 2021]
- Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Negro Watchman Wrote Note Found Beside Dead Girl, Experts Declare, After Seeing Franks Handwriting [Last Updated On: January 27th, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 27th, 2021]
- Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Reward of $1,000 is Appropriated by City [Last Updated On: January 26th, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 26th, 2021]
- Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Says He Punched Time Clock on Wrong Number [Last Updated On: January 24th, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 24th, 2021]
- Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Use of Dictaphone on Frank and Negro is Denied by Police [Last Updated On: January 28th, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 28th, 2021]
- Thursday, 1st May 1913 Detectives Eliminate Evidence in Conflict with Theory that Phagan Girl Never Left Factory [Last Updated On: September 14th, 2023] [Originally Added On: January 21st, 2021]
- Thursday, 1st May 1913 Did Murderer Seek to Burn Slain Girls Body, and Did the Watchman Interrupt Him? [Last Updated On: January 20th, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 20th, 2021]
- Friday, 2nd May 1913 Solicitor Dorsey is Making Independent Probe of Phagan Case [Last Updated On: January 19th, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 19th, 2021]
- Saturday, 3rd May 1913 Detectives Confer With Coroner and Solicitor Dorsey [Last Updated On: January 18th, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 18th, 2021]
- Sunday, 4th May 1913 Girl in Red Dress May Furnish Clue to Phagan Mystery [Last Updated On: January 17th, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 17th, 2021]
- Monday, 5th May 1913 Coroner’s Inquest Resumed 2:30 p. m.; Frank Will Testify [Last Updated On: January 16th, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 16th, 2021]
- Tuesday, 6th May 1913 L. M. Frank’s Complete Story of Where He Was and What He Did on Day of Mary Phagan Murder [Last Updated On: January 13th, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 13th, 2021]
- Tuesday, 6th May 1913 Paul Bowen, Held in Houston, Known Here But Left Atlanta in October; Hasn’t Been Back [Last Updated On: January 15th, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 15th, 2021]
- Tuesday, 6th May 1913 Pictures of Fifty Girls Found in Search of Bowens Trunk [Last Updated On: January 12th, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 12th, 2021]
- Tuesday, 6th May 1913 Story of Paul Bowens Arrest as Told by Associated Press [Last Updated On: January 14th, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 14th, 2021]
- Wednesday, 7th May 1913 Bowen Given Liberty, Makes Full Statement [Last Updated On: January 9th, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 9th, 2021]
- Wednesday, 7th May 1913 Fourteen Houston Policemen Fired on Bowen’s Account [Last Updated On: January 10th, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 10th, 2021]
- Wednesday, 7th May 1913 Two New Witnesses in Phagan Mystery to Testify Thursday [Last Updated On: January 11th, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 11th, 2021]
- Thursday, 8th May 1913 J. L. Watkins Says He Did Not See Phagan Child on Day of Tragedy [Last Updated On: January 4th, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 4th, 2021]
- Thursday, 8th May 1913 Lemmie Quinn Grilled by Coroner But He Sticks to His Statement [Last Updated On: January 7th, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 7th, 2021]
- Thursday, 8th May 1913 Miss Daisy Jones Convinces Jury She Was Mistaken for Mary Phagan [Last Updated On: January 5th, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 5th, 2021]
- Thursday, 8th May 1913 Miss Hattie Hall, Stenographer, Left Pencil Factory at Noon [Last Updated On: January 6th, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 6th, 2021]
- Thursday, 8th May 1913 Mr. Frank’s Treatment of Girls Unimpeachable, Says Miss Hall [Last Updated On: January 3rd, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 3rd, 2021]
- Thursday, 8th May 1913 Phagan Inquest in Session; Six Witnesses are Examined Before Adjournment to 2:30 [Last Updated On: January 8th, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 8th, 2021]
- Thursday, 8th May 1913 Stains on Shirt Were Not Made While Shirt Was Being Worn [Last Updated On: January 2nd, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 2nd, 2021]
- Friday, 9th May 1913 Character Witnesses are Called in the Case by City Detectives [Last Updated On: December 25th, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 25th, 2020]
- Friday, 9th May 1913 Coroner Donehoo Points Out the Law to the Jurors [Last Updated On: June 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 24th, 2020]
- Friday, 9th May 1913 Detective Harry Scott’s Testimony as Given Before Coroner’s Jury [Last Updated On: December 29th, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 29th, 2020]
- Friday, 9th May 1913 Detective John Black Tell[s] the Jury His Views on the Phagan Case [Last Updated On: December 28th, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 28th, 2020]
- Friday, 9th May 1913 Here is Testimony of Witnesses Given at the Final Session of Coroner’s Jury in Phagan Case [Last Updated On: December 30th, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 30th, 2020]
- Friday, 9th May 1913 Investigation Just Begun Says Detective Lanford [Last Updated On: December 31st, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 31st, 2020]
- Friday, 9th May 1913 Newt Lee Tells of the Talk He Had in the Police Station [Last Updated On: September 3rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 27th, 2020]
- Friday, 9th May 1913 Superintendent Frank is Once More Put on Witness Stand [Last Updated On: December 26th, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 26th, 2020]
- Friday, 9th May 1913 With Two Men Held in Tower, Mystery of Murder Deepens [Last Updated On: January 1st, 2021] [Originally Added On: January 1st, 2021]
- Saturday, 10th May 1913 Public Now Knows All Facts in Murder Case, Say Detectives [Last Updated On: December 23rd, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 23rd, 2020]
- Sunday, 11th May 1913 City Detectives Theory of Phagan Murder Outlined [Last Updated On: December 22nd, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 22nd, 2020]
- Sunday, 11th May 1913 Grand Jury to Consider Phagan Case This Week [Last Updated On: December 21st, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 21st, 2020]
- Monday, 12th May 1913 Rumor That Frank Married in Brooklyn Not True, Says Eagle [Last Updated On: December 20th, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 20th, 2020]
- Tuesday, 13th May 1913 Solicitor Dorsey is Working New Theory in Phagan Mystery [Last Updated On: December 19th, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 19th, 2020]
- Wednesday, 14th May 1913 New Theory Fails to Change Course of Murder Probe [Last Updated On: December 18th, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 18th, 2020]
- Thursday, 15th May 1913 No Phagan Trial Before Last of June Declares Solicitor [Last Updated On: December 17th, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 17th, 2020]
- Friday, 16th May 1913 Books and Papers in Phagan Case in Grand Jurys Hands [Last Updated On: December 16th, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 16th, 2020]
- Saturday, 17th May 1913 Phagan Case Will Go To Grand Jury in Present Form [Last Updated On: December 15th, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 15th, 2020]
- Sunday, 18th May 1913 Phagan Theory is Unchanged After Three Weeks’ Probe [Last Updated On: December 14th, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 14th, 2020]
- Monday, 19th May 1913 Burns Investigator Outlines His Theory of Phagan Murder [Last Updated On: December 13th, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 13th, 2020]
- Tuesday, 20th May 1913 Phagan Case Goes to the Grand Jury in Present Form [Last Updated On: December 12th, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 12th, 2020]
- Wednesday, 21st May 1913 Finger Print Expert Works With Dorsey to Solve Mystery [Last Updated On: December 11th, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 11th, 2020]
- Thursday, 22nd May 1913 Phagan Case Will Go to Grand Jury at 10 A. M. Friday [Last Updated On: December 10th, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 10th, 2020]
- Friday, 23rd May 1913 Col. Felder Confirmed His Offer in a Midnight Conversation by Telephone, Says A. S. Colyar [Last Updated On: December 4th, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 4th, 2020]
- Friday, 23rd May 1913 Col. Felder Denies Offering $1,000 or Any Other Sum for Affidavit Held by Detectives [Last Updated On: December 8th, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 8th, 2020]
- Friday, 23rd May 1913 Detective R. S. Ozburn Swears to Phone Talk [Last Updated On: December 3rd, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 3rd, 2020]
- Friday, 23rd May 1913 Dictograph Set by Detectives to Trap Col. Thos. B. Felder; Here is the Dictograph Record [Last Updated On: December 9th, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 9th, 2020]
- Friday, 23rd May 1913 Febuary and Colyar Swear That Felder Offered Big Bribe [Last Updated On: December 7th, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 7th, 2020]
- Friday, 23rd May 1913 Here is Coleman Affidavit Which Officers Say Col. Felder Offered to Purchase for the Sum of $1,000 [Last Updated On: December 6th, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 6th, 2020]
- Friday, 23rd May 1913 How Dictograph Was Installed in Williams House No. 2 to Trap Colonel Thomas B. Felder [Last Updated On: December 5th, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 5th, 2020]
- Saturday, 24th May 1913 Charlie C. Jones Shown by Dictograph to Have Been Foxy; Detective Miles Talks Freely [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 24th, 2020]
- Saturday, 24th May 1913 Chief Lanford Replies to Col. T. B. Felder [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 21st, 2020]
- Saturday, 24th May 1913 Dirty Gang Filled Out Record or Else Fooled Dictograph Mayor Woodward. [Last Updated On: November 28th, 2020] [Originally Added On: November 28th, 2020]
- Saturday, 24th May 1913 Dorsey Steers Clear of Felder Controversy [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 25th, 2020]
- Saturday, 24th May 1913 Franks Attorneys Make No Comment [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 22nd, 2020]
- Saturday, 24th May 1913 Graft and Corruption are Charged to City Detectives and Police by Col. T. B. Felder [Last Updated On: June 12th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 26th, 2020]
- Saturday, 24th May 1913 Leo M. Frank is Indicted by Grand Jury for Mary Phagans Death; Negro, Newt Lee Held [Last Updated On: November 30th, 2020] [Originally Added On: November 30th, 2020]
- Saturday, 24th May 1913 Negro Sweeper Tells Officer Frank Asked Him to Write Some Notes Day Before Tragedy [Last Updated On: December 1st, 2020] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2020]
- Saturday, 24th May 1913 Newt Lee Will Give Convicting Evidence Attorney Indicates [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 23rd, 2020]
- Saturday, 24th May 1913 Residents of Bellwood Ask The Journal to Say That Mr. Felder Was Not Employed by Them [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 20th, 2020]
- Saturday, 24th May 1913 The Journals Big Story of Dictograph and Alleged Bribe Has Stirred the Whole City [Last Updated On: November 27th, 2020] [Originally Added On: November 27th, 2020]
- Saturday, 24th May 1913 We Have Enough Votes if We Get the Evidence, the Mayor is Quoted by the Dictograph [Last Updated On: November 29th, 2020] [Originally Added On: November 29th, 2020]
- Sunday, 25th May 1913 Chief Lanford Calls Felders Charges False [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 16th, 2020]
- Sunday, 25th May 1913 Citizens Deny Authority for Using Their Names [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 15th, 2020]
- Sunday, 25th May 1913 Colyar Imputes Arrest to Felder Conspiracy [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 14th, 2020]
- Sunday, 25th May 1913 Colyar Tells Where He and Col Felder Ought to be for Good of Society [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 17th, 2020]
- Sunday, 25th May 1913 Felder is the Mouthpiece of the Vice Gang, Declares Chief of Police Jas. L. Beavers [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 18th, 2020]
- Sunday, 25th May 1913 Here Are Affidavits Submitted by Col. Felder [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 12th, 2020]
- Sunday, 25th May 1913 Lanford is the Controlling Genius of Conspiracy to Protect the Murderer of Little Mary Phagan [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 13th, 2020]
- Sunday, 25th May 1913 State Didnt Show its Case to Secure Indictment Against Superintendent Leo M. Frank [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 19th, 2020]
- Sunday, 25th May 1913 Woodward Hoots at the Idea of Plot to Oust Beavers [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 10th, 2020]
- Sunday, 25th May 1913 You Went to Williams House Like a Lamb to the Slaughter, Colyar Tells Felder in Letter [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 11th, 2020]
- Monday, 26th May 1913 Five Good Men Say if Charges Are Untrue, Says A. S. Colyar to Col. Felder [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 6th, 2020]
- Monday, 26th May 1913 I Have No Proof of Bribery in Phagan Case, Says Chief [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 8th, 2020]
- Monday, 26th May 1913 Thorough Probe of Charges Against Felder and Latters Charges Against Police Asked [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 9th, 2020]
- Monday, 26th May 1913 Tobie Tried to Kidnap Incubator Baby, Says Topeka Police Official [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 7th, 2020]
- Tuesday, 27th May 1913 Col. Felder Ridicules Idea of Grand Jury Investigation of City Detectives Charges [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 5th, 2020]
- Tuesday, 27th May 1913 Felder Barely Missed Being Trapped by His Own Dictograph [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 4th, 2020]
- Wednesday, 28th May 1913 Carl Hutcheson Again Attacks Chief Beavers [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 2nd, 2020]
- Wednesday, 28th May 1913 Conley Tells in Detail of Writing Notes on Saturday at Dictation of Mr. Frank [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 3rd, 2020]
- Thursday, 29th May 1913 A. S. Colyar Released From Bond on Thursday [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: November 1st, 2020]
- Thursday, 29th May 1913 Chief Asks Hutcheson for Protected List [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 31st, 2020]
- Thursday, 29th May 1913 Detectives Seek Corroboration of Conleys Story [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 30th, 2020]
- Thursday, 29th May 1913 Former Pencil Worker Outlines His Theory [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 29th, 2020]
- Friday, 30th May 1913 Conley, Taken to Factory, Shows Where Girl Was Found—How They Put Body in Basement [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 28th, 2020]
- Friday, 30th May 1913 Conleys Confession is Given in Full [Last Updated On: June 13th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 27th, 2020]
- Saturday, 31st May 1913 Grand Jury Called to Meet Tuesday in Special Session [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 26th, 2020]
- Sunday, 1st June 1913 Conleys Statement Analyzed From Two Different Angles [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 24th, 2020]
- Sunday, 1st June 1913 Grand Jury Meeting Remains a Mystery [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 23rd, 2020]
- Sunday, 1st June 1913 Lanford Tells Why Conley Was Placed in Police Station [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 25th, 2020]
- Monday, 2nd June 1913 Franks Defense is Outlined [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 22nd, 2020]
- Monday, 2nd June 1913 Grand Jury Ready to Investigate Charges [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 20th, 2020]
- Monday, 2nd June 1913 Negro Girl is Arrested in Phagan Murder Case [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 21st, 2020]
- Tuesday, 3rd June 1913 Attorney Retained for Negro Servant at Franks Home [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 18th, 2020]
- Tuesday, 3rd June 1913 Grand Jury Told of Vice Conditions [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 19th, 2020]
- Wednesday, 4th June 1913 Cook Is Released on Signing Paper [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 14th, 2020]
- Wednesday, 4th June 1913 Felder Exonerates Beavers, But Says Lanford is Corrupt [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 16th, 2020]
- Wednesday, 4th June 1913 L. M. Franks Trial Will Occur Week of June 30 [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 15th, 2020]
- Wednesday, 4th June 1913 Sensational Affidavit Made by Minola MKnight, Negro Cook at Home of L. M. Frank [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 17th, 2020]
- Thursday, 5th June 1913 Colyar Arrested Again on Knoxville Warrant [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 9th, 2020]
- Thursday, 5th June 1913 Grand Jury Probe of Vice Conditions Finished Thursday [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 12th, 2020]
- Thursday, 5th June 1913 Lanford and Felder Come Near Fighting [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 11th, 2020]
- Thursday, 5th June 1913 My Husband is Innocent, Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank In First Public Statement [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 13th, 2020]
- Thursday, 5th June 1913 Negros Affidavit Not Given Much Credence [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 10th, 2020]
- Friday, 6th June 1913 A. S. Colyar Is Again Released From Custody [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 5th, 2020]
- Friday, 6th June 1913 Conley Sticks to His Story; Declares Detective Chief [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 8th, 2020]
- Friday, 6th June 1913 Jail Sentence for Woman Convicted in Vice Crusade [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2020]
- Friday, 6th June 1913 Probe of Grand Jury Goes Over One Week [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 6th, 2020]
- Saturday, 7th June 1913 Torture Chamber Methods Charged in Getting Evidence [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 4th, 2020]
- Sunday, 8th June 1913 Scathing Replies Made to Letters Attacking Them [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 2nd, 2020]
- Sunday, 8th June 1913 Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 29th, 2020]
- Sunday, 8th June 1913 Three Open Letters Given Out Saturday by Thos. B. Felder [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 3rd, 2020]
- Monday, 9th June 1913 Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: October 1st, 2020]
- Tuesday, 10th June 1913 Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 28th, 2020]
- Wednesday, 11th June 1913 Conley’s Status in Phagan Case May Be Changed Wednesday [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 27th, 2020]
- Wednesday, 11th June 1913 Gentry Now Says Dictograph Record Was Tampered With [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 30th, 2020]
- Wednesday, 11th June 1913 T. B. Felder Accounts for Subscriptions Received [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 26th, 2020]
- Thursday, 12th June 1913 Chief Beavers Unable to Locate Gentry [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 25th, 2020]
- Thursday, 12th June 1913 Courts Order May Result in Meeting of Negro and Frank [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 24th, 2020]
- Friday, 13th June 1913 Luther Z. Rosser Declares Detectives Dare Not Permit Jim Conley to Talk Freely [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 23rd, 2020]
- Friday, 13th June 1913 Solicitor H. M. Dorsey Wins in First Clash; L. Z. Rosser Declares Procedure a Farce [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 20th, 2020]
- Saturday, 14th June 1913 Asks Jury to Resume Probe of Dictograph [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 21st, 2020]
- Saturday, 14th June 1913 Solicitor H. M. Dorsey Leaves for New York [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 22nd, 2020]
- Sunday, 15th June 1913 Frank A. Hooper to Aid State in Frank Trial [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 17th, 2020]
- Sunday, 15th June 1913 Gentry, Found by Journal, Says Notes Will Show Enough to Justify What Was Sworn To [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 19th, 2020]
- Monday, 16th June 1913 Felder Leaves Atlanta on Trip to Cincinnati [Last Updated On: June 18th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 16th, 2020]
- Monday, 16th June 1913 Hooper Wants a Rest For Public From Case [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 18th, 2020]
- Tuesday, 17th June 1913 Guessers See a Mystery in Dorsey-Hooper Trips [Last Updated On: June 18th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 15th, 2020]
- Wednesday, 18th June 1913 Will Reuben R. Arnold Aid Frank’s Defense? [Last Updated On: June 18th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 14th, 2020]
- Thursday, 19th June 1913 Hooper Returns and Takes Up Phagan Case [Last Updated On: June 18th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 13th, 2020]
- Friday, 20th June 1913 Frank Case May Not Be Tried June 30 [Last Updated On: June 18th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 12th, 2020]
- Saturday, 21st June 1913 Date of Frank Trial Still In Much Doubt [Last Updated On: June 18th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 11th, 2020]
- Sunday, 22nd June 1913 Arnold Declares Frank Innocent and Enters Case [Last Updated On: June 18th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 10th, 2020]
- Sunday, 22nd June 1913 Rosser & Brandon Join With Slaton & Phillips [Last Updated On: June 18th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 9th, 2020]
- Monday, 23rd June 1913 Solicitor Will Fix Frank Trial for June 30, He Says [Last Updated On: June 18th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 8th, 2020]
- Tuesday, 24th June 1913 July 28 Is Date Agreed Upon for Trial of Frank [Last Updated On: June 18th, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 7th, 2020]
- Wednesday, 25th June 1913 Both Sides Are Ready for Trial of Frank [Last Updated On: June 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 6th, 2020]
- Thursday, 26th June 1913 Call of Cool Sea Breezes and Promise of Judge to His Wife, Secrets of Frank Trial Delay [Last Updated On: June 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 5th, 2020]
- Thursday, 26th June 1913 To Hold Frank Trial in the Old City Hall [Last Updated On: June 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 4th, 2020]
- Friday, 27th June 1913 Col. Felder and Chief Lanford Indicted [Last Updated On: June 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 3rd, 2020]
- Friday, 27th June 1913 Hooper Sees Conley for the First Time [Last Updated On: June 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 1st, 2020]
- Friday, 27th June 1913 Seeking For a Phagan Suspect in Macon? [Last Updated On: June 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: September 2nd, 2020]
- Saturday, 28th June 1913 Hooper and Goldstein Join Little & Powell [Last Updated On: June 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 31st, 2020]
- Tuesday, 1st July 1913 Facts Do Not Indicate Indictment of Conley [Last Updated On: June 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 30th, 2020]
- Thursday, 3rd July 1913 Police Chief to Probe Vice Protection Charge [Last Updated On: June 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 29th, 2020]
- Friday, 4th July 1913 Lee’s Attorney Seeks to Gain His Release [Last Updated On: June 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2020]
- Friday, 4th July 1913 Lee’s Lawyer Expects Delay in Frank Case [Last Updated On: June 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 28th, 2020]
- Saturday, 5th July 1913 Fight for Newt Lee’s Freedom is Delayed [Last Updated On: June 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 26th, 2020]
- Monday, 7th July 1913 Accused Policemen Will Face Commission Tuesday [Last Updated On: June 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 24th, 2020]
- Monday, 7th July 1913 Young Woman Tells Startling Story of Vice From “Inside” [Last Updated On: June 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 25th, 2020]
- Tuesday, 8th July 1913 Girl to Tell Her Story of Vice to Recorder [Last Updated On: June 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2020]
- Tuesday, 8th July 1913 Newt Lee’s Attorneys Seeking His Freedom [Last Updated On: June 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 22nd, 2020]
- Wednesday, 9th July 1913 Mary Phagan Pay Envelope Found [Last Updated On: June 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 21st, 2020]
- Thursday, 10th July 1913 Chief Traces Vice Conditions to Men; Promises Arrests [Last Updated On: June 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 20th, 2020]
- Thursday, 10th July 1913 No Finger Prints Found by Expert on Phagan Envelope [Last Updated On: June 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 19th, 2020]
- Friday, 11th July 1913 Agent Claims Conley Confessed to Murder [Last Updated On: June 22nd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 18th, 2020]
- Saturday, 12th July 1913 Chief Beavers Orders Sleuths to Find Vice [Last Updated On: June 23rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 17th, 2020]
- Saturday, 12th July 1913 Conley Again Quizzed by Prosecutor Dorsey [Last Updated On: June 23rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 15th, 2020]
- Saturday, 12th July 1913 More Affidavits to Support Mincey Claimed [Last Updated On: June 23rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 16th, 2020]
- Tuesday, 15th July 1913 Mincey Affidavit Not New to the Solicitor [Last Updated On: June 23rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 14th, 2020]
- Wednesday, 16th July 1913 Second Phagan Indictment Probable [Last Updated On: June 23rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 13th, 2020]
- Thursday, 17th July 1913 Effort Being Made to Indict Negro Conley [Last Updated On: June 23rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 12th, 2020]
- Friday, 18th July 1913 Broyles Comes Back at Mayor Woodward and Mayor at Him [Last Updated On: June 23rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 11th, 2020]
- Friday, 18th July 1913 Grand Jury Is Called Monday to Indict Jim Conley [Last Updated On: June 23rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 10th, 2020]
- Friday, 18th July 1913 Pinkertons Now Declare Leo M. Frank Is Innocent [Last Updated On: June 23rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 9th, 2020]
- Saturday, 19th July 1913 Jury Is Determined to Consider a Bill Against Jim Conley [Last Updated On: June 23rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 8th, 2020]
- Sunday, 20th July 1913 Dorsey Is Seeking to Be Grand Jury And Solicitor Too, Say Frank’s Counsel [Last Updated On: June 23rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 7th, 2020]
- Monday, 21st July 1913 Will Not Indict Jim Conley Now, Jury’s Decision [Last Updated On: June 23rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 6th, 2020]
- Tuesday, 22nd July 1913 Was Mary Phagan Killed With Bludgeon? [Last Updated On: June 23rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 5th, 2020]
- Wednesday, 23rd July 1913 Fight Expected Over Effort to Defer Frank Case [Last Updated On: June 23rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 4th, 2020]
- Thursday, 24th July 1913 Frank’s Trial May be Postponed Until Early in the Fall [Last Updated On: September 14th, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 3rd, 2020]
- Friday, 25th July 1913 Frank Will Likely Face Trial Monday for Phagan Crime [Last Updated On: June 23rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 2nd, 2020]
- Saturday, 26th July 1913 Leo Frank Expects Acquittal and Asks an Immediate Trial [Last Updated On: June 23rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: August 1st, 2020]
- Sunday, 27th July 1913 Chronological Story of Developments in the Mary Phagan Murder Mystery [Last Updated On: June 23rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 29th, 2020]
- Sunday, 27th July 1913 Frank’s Story of His Moves on Day of Crime [Last Updated On: June 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 25th, 2020]
- Sunday, 27th July 1913 Here is Conley’s Confession Around Which Bitter Fight is Expected in the Frank Trial [Last Updated On: June 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 26th, 2020]
- Sunday, 27th July 1913 Leo M. Frank Will Go to Trial Monday, It Is Now Believed [Last Updated On: June 23rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 31st, 2020]
- Sunday, 27th July 1913 Pinkerton Detective Replies to Lanford [Last Updated On: June 23rd, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 30th, 2020]
- Sunday, 27th July 1913 Plennie Minor Faces Task in Handling Court Room During Trial of Leo Frank [Last Updated On: June 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 27th, 2020]
- Sunday, 27th July 1913 State Will Build Case Against Frank Around Conley’s Story; Defense Will Undertake to Show that Negro Alone is Guilty [Last Updated On: June 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 28th, 2020]
- Monday, 28th July 1913 Court Scenes at Frank Trial; How It Looks Inside and Out [Last Updated On: June 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 23rd, 2020]
- Monday, 28th July 1913 Former Suspect Will Be Happy No Matter How Frank Case Ends [Last Updated On: June 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 20th, 2020]
- Monday, 28th July 1913 Mrs. Leo Frank and Her Mother Cheer Prisoner at Courthouse [Last Updated On: June 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 21st, 2020]
- Monday, 28th July 1913 No New Testimony Will Be Given to Jury by Newt Lee [Last Updated On: June 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 22nd, 2020]
- Monday, 28th July 1913 State Opens Its Case Against Leo M. Frank [Last Updated On: June 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 24th, 2020]
- Monday, 28th July 1913 Woman Charges Police Forced Her to Make False Statement [Last Updated On: June 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 19th, 2020]
- Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Everybody’s a Reporter, Now, Else an Old Time Friend, Says Guardian of Court House Door [Last Updated On: June 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 11th, 2020]
- Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Factory Girls Eager to Testify for Frank [Last Updated On: June 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 17th, 2020]
- Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Frank Trial Will Last One Week And Probably Two, Attorneys Say [Last Updated On: June 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 12th, 2020]
- Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Frank’s Undistur[b]ed Face Wonder of the Court Room [Last Updated On: June 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 14th, 2020]
- Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Frequent Clashes Over Testimony Mark Second Day of Frank Trial [Last Updated On: June 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 18th, 2020]
- Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Lawyers Hammer Lee for Two Hours at Monday Afternoon Session [Last Updated On: June 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 15th, 2020]
- Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Mincey in Atlanta, But Has Not Been to Trial [Last Updated On: June 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 16th, 2020]
- Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Mother’s Sorrow and Newsie’s Wit Play on Emotions at Frank Trial [Last Updated On: June 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 13th, 2020]
- Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Rabbi Marx Asserts His Belief in Frank [Last Updated On: June 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 9th, 2020]
- Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Spectators at Frank Trial Make an Absorbing Study [Last Updated On: June 29th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 10th, 2020]
- Wednesday, 30th July 1913 All Newt Wants Now is Freedom and a Hat [Last Updated On: July 4th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 7th, 2020]
- Wednesday, 30th July 1913 Claims Mincey, When Needed, Will Testify [Last Updated On: July 4th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 1st, 2020]
- Wednesday, 30th July 1913 Defense to Claim Strands of Hair Found Were Not Mary Phagan’s [Last Updated On: July 4th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 8th, 2020]
- Wednesday, 30th July 1913 Frank Jurors Idle Away Long Hours With Song [Last Updated On: July 4th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 6th, 2020]
- Wednesday, 30th July 1913 Gantt Still Wears Two Little Devils That Caused Arrest [Last Updated On: July 4th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 4th, 2020]
- Wednesday, 30th July 1913 No Shirt-Sleeves for Lawyers in Frank Case [Last Updated On: July 4th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 3rd, 2020]
- Wednesday, 30th July 1913 Trial is No Ordeal for Me, Says Frank’s Mother [Last Updated On: July 4th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 2nd, 2020]
- Wednesday, 30th July 1913 Trial Thus Far Has Only Established Murder of the Girl [Last Updated On: July 4th, 2023] [Originally Added On: July 5th, 2020]
- Wednesday, 30th July 1913 Uncle of Frank, Near Death in Far-Off Hospital, Is Ignorant Of Charges, Against His Nephew [Last Updated On: July 4th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 30th, 2020]
- Thursday, 31st July 1913 Machinist Tells of Finding Blood, Hair and Pay Envelope On Second Floor, Where State Claims Girl Was Murdered [Last Updated On: July 4th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 29th, 2020]
- Thursday, 31st July 1913 Rosser Riddles One of the State’s Chief Witnesses [Last Updated On: July 4th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 27th, 2020]
- Thursday, 31st July 1913 Witnesses of Frank Trial Have Tedious Job of Merely Waiting [Last Updated On: July 4th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 28th, 2020]
- Friday, 1st August 1913 Frank Trial Crowd Sees Auto Knock Down Youth [Last Updated On: July 4th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 24th, 2020]
- Friday, 1st August 1913 Lawyers Battle Over Testimony of Frank’s Nervousness; Witness Swears Negro Was in Factory About 1 o’Clock [Last Updated On: July 4th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 26th, 2020]
- Friday, 1st August 1913 Mrs. Callie Scott Appelbaum Attends Trial of Leo Frank; Believes in His Innocence [Last Updated On: July 4th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 22nd, 2020]
- Friday, 1st August 1913 Picnic and Theories Mark Noon Hour in Frank Trial Court Room [Last Updated On: July 4th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 25th, 2020]
- Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Defense Claims Members of Jury Saw Newspaper Headline [Last Updated On: July 4th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 21st, 2020]
- Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Dr. Harris Collapses on Stand as He Gives Sensational Evidence [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 15th, 2020]
- Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Dr. J. W. Hurt, Coroner’s Physician, Gives Expert Testimony [Last Updated On: July 4th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 20th, 2020]
- Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Harris Testimony May Be Stricken by Court [Last Updated On: July 4th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 19th, 2020]
- Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Miss Smith Declares Darley Was Incorrect [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 16th, 2020]
- Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Newt Lee Gets Hat; Now He’s Considering What He Wants Next [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 17th, 2020]
- Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Smile, Says Gheesling, When Facing Bear-Cat Like Luther Rosser [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 18th, 2020]
- Saturday, 2nd August 1913 There Is One Joy in Being A Juror: Collectors Barred [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 14th, 2020]
- Sunday, 3rd August 1913 Defense Will Introduce Witnesses [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 13th, 2020]
- Sunday, 3rd August 1913 State’s Case Against Frank As It Stands After Week’s Testimony Is Shown Here [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 12th, 2020]
- Monday, 4th August 1913 Conley Thought He Was on Trial, His Attorney Declares [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 8th, 2020]
- Monday, 4th August 1913 Conleys Glibness May Prove Unfortunate for His Testimony [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 9th, 2020]
- Monday, 4th August 1913 Jim Conley Tells An Amazing Story [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 11th, 2020]
- Monday, 4th August 1913 Many Discrepancies Between Conleys Testimony and His Testimony Given to Detectives [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 10th, 2020]
- Tuesday, 5th August 1913 Defense Moves to Strike Most Damaging Testimony [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 7th, 2020]
- Tuesday, 5th August 1913 Lawyers on Both Sides Satisfied With Conley [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 6th, 2020]
- Tuesday, 5th August 1913 Negro Sweeper Remanded to Solitude in Jail Over Night [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 5th, 2020]
- Wednesday, 6th August 1913 He Shore Goes After You Says Conley of Mr. Rosser [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 1st, 2020]
- Wednesday, 6th August 1913 Judge Roan Reverses Decision on Conley Testimony [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 4th, 2020]
- Wednesday, 6th August 1913 Judge Roan Rules Out Most Damaging Testimony Given By Conley Against Leo Frank [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 3rd, 2020]
- Wednesday, 6th August 1913 Mincey Ready to Swear to Conley Affidavit [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: June 2nd, 2020]
- Thursday, 7th August 1913 Dr. Harris Testimony is Attacked by Defense Expert [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 31st, 2020]
- Thursday, 7th August 1913 Judge Roan Decides Conleys Testimony Must Stand [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 30th, 2020]
- Friday, 8th August 1913 Defense Attacks States Case From Many Angles [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 29th, 2020]
- Friday, 8th August 1913 Defense Begins Introduction of Evidence [Last Updated On: July 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 28th, 2020]
- Saturday, 9th August 1913 Schiff Refutes Jim Conley and Dalton [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 27th, 2020]
- Saturday, 9th August 1913 State Confronts Watchman Holloway With Previous Affidavit [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 26th, 2020]
- Sunday, 10th August 1913 Conleys Story is Still Center of Fight in Frank Case [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 25th, 2020]
- Sunday, 10th August 1913 Playing Practical Jokes on Watchful Bailiffs is Pastime of Frank Jurors [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 23rd, 2020]
- Sunday, 10th August 1913 Witness Found Who Saw Mary Phagan on Way to Factory [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 24th, 2020]
- Monday, 11th August 1913 Frank Case Mentioned for First Time in House [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 20th, 2020]
- Monday, 11th August 1913 Many Experts Called by Defense to Answer Dr. H. F. Harris [Last Updated On: July 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 22nd, 2020]
- Monday, 11th August 1913 Sunday Proves Day of Meditation for Four Frank Jurors [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 21st, 2020]
- Tuesday, 12th August 1913 C. B. Daltons Character Shown Up by Frank Defense; Four Witnesses Swear They Would Not Believe His Oath [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 19th, 2020]
- Tuesday, 12th August 1913 Ethics of Dr. H. F. Harris Bitterly Attacked By Reuben Arnold [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 18th, 2020]
- Wednesday, 13th August 1913 Franks Character Made Issue by the Defense [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 17th, 2020]
- Wednesday, 13th August 1913 Franks Lawyers Again Threaten Move for Mistrial [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 16th, 2020]
- Thursday, 14th August 1913 Court Stirred by Outburst From Leo Franks Mother [Last Updated On: July 7th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 14th, 2020]
- Thursday, 14th August 1913 Franks Story of Before and After Crime Corroborated; Defenses Motion to Strike Sensational Questions Fails [Last Updated On: July 15th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 15th, 2020]
- Friday, 15th August 1913 All Georgia Records Broken by the Frank Trial [Last Updated On: July 17th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 14th, 2023]
- Friday, 15th August 1913 Leo M. Frank Ready to Tell His Own Story to Jury [Last Updated On: July 17th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 15th, 2023]
- Saturday, 16th August 1913 Mrs. Rae Frank Takes Stand in Sons Defense [Last Updated On: September 14th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 12th, 2023]
- Saturday, 16th August 1913 Pencil Factory Model is Damaged in Fight [Last Updated On: July 17th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 11th, 2023]
- Saturday, 16th August 1913 Witness, Called by Defense, Testifies Against Frank [Last Updated On: July 17th, 2023] [Originally Added On: May 13th, 2023]
- Sunday, 17th August 1913 Frank Should Know Fate Before The Week Passes Is Opinion Of Attorneys [Last Updated On: February 17th, 2024] [Originally Added On: September 2nd, 2023]
- Monday, August 18th, 1913: Leo M. Frank Takes Stand - Tells His Story, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 25th, 2024] [Originally Added On: September 3rd, 2023]
- Tuesday, August 19th, 1913: Attorney Swears That Witness Was Held Illegally Witness Swears Dorsey Refused To Free Magnolia Minola McKnight Fearing City Detectives [Last Updated On: September 19th, 2024] [Originally Added On: January 3rd, 2024]
- Wednesday, August 20th, 1913: Trial Testimony May Close Wednesday - Both Sides Are Anxious To Begin Argument And Send Case To The Jury, Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 15th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 15th, 2023]
- Thursday, August 21st, 1913: [Reuben] Arnold Charges Gigantic Frame-up To Convict [Leo] Frank. Hooper Says Conley's Story Stood Test Of Grilling, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 19th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 26th, 2023]
- Friday, August 22nd, 1913: In Scathing Terms [Luther] Rosser Scores Dalton, Dorsey, [Atlanta] Police. Dorsey Will Conclude, Summing Up Case Against [Leo] Frank [Last Updated On: September 19th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 26th, 2023]
- Saturday, August 23rd 1913: Leo Frank Trial Adjourned Until Monday Morning With Solicitor Hugh Dorsey In Midst Of Impassioned Speech, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 19th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 26th, 2023]
- Sunday, 24th August 1913 Frank's Fate Will Soon Be Known Dorsey Will Finish His Speech In Few Hours [Last Updated On: September 13th, 2024] [Originally Added On: January 3rd, 2024]
- Monday, 25th August 1913 Leo M. Frank's Fate Is Now In Hands Of The Jury. Motion For Mistrial Is Denied By Judge Leonard Strickland Roan [Last Updated On: September 15th, 2024] [Originally Added On: January 3rd, 2024]
- Tuesday, August 26th, 1913: Leo Max Frank Sentenced To Hang On October 10th, 1913, But Fight For New Trial Will Stay The Execution For Many Months, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 15th, 2024] [Originally Added On: January 8th, 2024]
- Wednesday, 27th Day of August 1913, Leo Frank Will Reply To Hugh Dorsey In Long Public Statement, Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: February 17th, 2024] [Originally Added On: January 8th, 2024]
- Thursday, 28th August 1913 Despite Death Sentence Frank Sleeps Nine Hours [Last Updated On: April 26th, 2024] [Originally Added On: January 12th, 2024]
- Saturday, 30th August 1913 Preacher To Speak On The Frank Case [Last Updated On: April 26th, 2024] [Originally Added On: January 8th, 2024]
- Sunday, 31st August 1913 Monument To Mary Phagan Proposed [Last Updated On: April 26th, 2024] [Originally Added On: January 8th, 2024]
- Tuesday, 2nd September 1913: Atlanta Free From Crime Wave, Judge Tells Grand Jury, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 6th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Tuesday, September 2nd, 1913: Echo Of Frank Trial In Recorder's Court, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 1st, 2024] [Originally Added On: February 11th, 2024]
- Wednesday, 3rd September 1913, Board For Frank Jury Will Cost Just $975.06, The Atlanta Journal. [Last Updated On: April 17th, 2024] [Originally Added On: January 17th, 2024]
- Saturday, 6th September 1913 Mary Phagan Home For Girls Suggested [Last Updated On: April 26th, 2024] [Originally Added On: February 11th, 2024]
- Sunday, 7th September 1913: New Pinkerton Chief Arrives In Atlanta, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 1st, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Monday, 8th September 1913: Trainmen Ask Funds For Phagan Monument, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 2nd, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Tuesday, September 9th, 1913: Conley Is Indicted On Two Counts By Fulton Grand Jury, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 2nd, 2024] [Originally Added On: February 3rd, 2024]
- Tuesday, 9th September 1913: No Hostility Toward Blease, Says Slaton, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 2nd, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Wednesday, September 10th, 1913: Judge Leonard Strickland Roan, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 1st, 2024] [Originally Added On: February 11th, 2024]
- Wednesday, 10th September 1913: New Atlanta Court Will Shift Judges On Several Benches, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 2nd, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Thursday, 11th September 1913: Frank's Lawyers Are Hunting For Affidavits, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 1st, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Friday, 12th September 1913: Crawford Jackson Indicted Statement On Case Issues, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 6th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Friday, 12th September 1913 Newt Lee Ignored [Last Updated On: September 1st, 2024] [Originally Added On: February 11th, 2024]
- Sunday, 14th September 1913: Three Judgeships Announced Judge B. H. Hill Appointed To New Atlanta Judgeship, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 6th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Monday, 15th September 1913: Thaw Lawyer Uncle Of Mrs. Leo M. Frank, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 6th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Tuesday, 16th September 1913: Veterans Urge Funds For Phagan Monument, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 6th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Wednesday, 17th September 1913: Beavers Passes Up Pleas That He Get In Sheriff’s Race, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 6th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Thursday, 18th September 1913: Detective John Black Jailed In Birmingham, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 6th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Saturday, 20th September 1913: Mary Phagan Case To Be Example For Cops School Of Detection, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 6th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Sunday, 21st September 1913: Sheriff Mangum Will Run For Re-election, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 6th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Monday, 22nd September 1913: One Of Four Judges Hears Frank Motion?, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 6th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Tuesday, 23rd September 1913: Sheriff C. W. Mangum Makes Announcement, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 6th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Wednesday, 24th September 1913: Leo M. Frank Again Heads B'nai B'rith, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 6th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Sunday, 28th September 1913: Roan Not Likely To Hear Plea For New Frank Trial, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 6th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Monday, 29th Day of September 1913: Paul Donehoo Has Been Bridegroom a Week Now, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 6th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Tuesday, 30th September 1913: Commission Asks Why Jail Is Overcrowded, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 6th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Wednesday, 1st October 1913: Frank Motion Is Served On Solicitor, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 21st, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Thursday, 2nd October 1913: Solicitor At Work Preparing Answer To Frank Motion, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Saturday, 4th October 1913: Affidavits Attacking Frank Jurors Made Public Two Jurors Prejudiced, Say Affidavits, And Jury Heard Crowds Cheer And Threaten, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Sunday, 5th October 1913: Two Frank Jurors Firm In Denying Outside Pressure, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Monday, 6th October 1913: Judge Ellis Protests Reckless Auto Drivers, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Tuesday, 7th October 1913: Dorsey And Stephens Busy In Valdosta, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Wednesday, 8th October 1913: Frank Hearing To Be Postponed Another Week, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Thursday, 9th October 1913: Judge Roan Tells Solicitor He Will Postpone Hearing, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Friday, 10th October 1913: Roan Not To Resign Until After Hearing, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Saturday, 11th October 1913: Dorsey And Stephens To Confer With Henslee, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Sunday, 12th October 1913: Says He Stole For His Wife And Baby, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Monday, 13th October 1913: Frank Defense Arms To Back Fight On Henslee, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Tuesday, 14th October 1913: Henslee Gives Dorsey Material For Defense, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Wednesday, 15th October 1913: Further Delay Is Needed On Frank Motion, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Thursday, 16th October 1913: Mounted Traffic Men Are Assigned To Duty, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Friday, 17th October 1913: Juror Johenning Ready For Defense, He Says, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Saturday, 18th October 1913: Frank Hearing Wednesday Motion For A New Trial To Be Heard By Judge L. S. Roan, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Sunday, 19th October 1913: New Feature In Frank Case Perhaps Tomorrow, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 19th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Monday, 20th October 1913: J.c. Shirley, Marietta Street Furniture Dealer, Named By I. W. Fisher In Phagan Case, Laughs At Accusations, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 23rd, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Tuesday, 21st October 1913: Motion To Quash Indictment Gets Judges Approval, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 25th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Wednesday, 22nd October 1913: Little Progress In First Session On Frank Trial Motion, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 25th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Thursday, 23rd October 1913: Frank Jurors Like Scared Rabbits Jury Frightened Into Its Verdict, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Friday, 24th October 1913: Frank Motion Is Almost Ready For The Arguments Now, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Saturday, 25th October 1913: Frank Case To Continue Monday, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Sunday, 26th October 1913: We Want A Trial, Not A New Trial, Says Atty. Arnold, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Monday, 27th October 1913: Dorsey Coerced Jury By Fear Of Mob Violence, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Tuesday, 28th October 1913: Solicitor Dorsey Hammers Frank New Trial Motion, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Wednesday, 29th October 1913: Frank New Trial Hearing To End This Afternoon, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Thursday, 30th October 1913: New Trial Motion Of Frank Will Be Ruled On Friday, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Friday, 31st October 1913: Leo Franks Lawyers Prepare For Supreme Court Fight, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Saturday, 1st November 1913: Judge Hill Discusses Appellate Court Work, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Sunday, 2nd November 1913: Five Judges For New Municipal Court Selected, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Monday, 3rd November 1913: Judges Of New Court Are Named, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 30th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Tuesday, 4th November 1913: Two Negro Highwaymen Given 20 Years In Pen, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: November 4th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Wednesday, 5th November 1913: Bridge Party For Visitors, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Thursday, 6th November 1913: Mrs. Crawford Wants Case To Be Tried Soon, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Friday, 7th November 1913: Attorney Presents Alibi For Convicted Negro, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Saturday, 8th November 1913: Court Asked To Enjoin Georgia Power Company, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Sunday, 9th November 1913: Jim Conley Faces Trial On Tuesday, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Monday, 10th November 1913: Supreme Court Refuses To Postpone Frank Hearing, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Tuesday, 11th November 1913: Jim Conleys Case May Be Reached Wednesday, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Wednesday, 12th November 1913: Frank Arguments Will Be Heard December 15, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Thursday, 13th November 1913: Judge Halts Trial Of Jim Conley As Dorsey Begins It, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Saturday, 15th November 1913: Franks Appeal Is Set For Thirty Days Hence, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Sunday, 16th November 1913: Woman And Daughter Drugged And Robbed, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Monday, 17th November 1913: Franks Appeal Is Set For Thirty Days Hence, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Tuesday, 18th November 1913: Legal Fight Is Waged Over Mothers Will, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Wednesday, 19th November 1913: Frank Trial Unfair, Jewish Rabbi Says In Scathing Speech, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Thursday, 20th November 1913: Conley Trial Put Off At Request Of Dorsey, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Friday, 21st November 1913: Jim Conleys Lawyer Prepares To Demand Trial For His Client, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Saturday, 22nd November 1913: Judge Broyles Explains Why He Fined Woman, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Sunday, 23rd November 1913: Postpone Entertainment For Home For The Blind, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Monday, 24th November 1913: Chief Beavers Is Paid Tribute, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Tuesday, 25th November 1913: Men And Religion Bulletin No. 85, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Wednesday, 26th November 1913: Anti Leaders Quiz Chief On Blind Tiger Policy, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Thursday, 27th November 1913: Old-fashioned Lawyer Has Departed Forever, Judge Pendleton Says, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Friday, 28th November 1913: Beautiful Luncheon, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Saturday, 29th November 1913: Horse Hauls Buggy Right Into Hardware Store After Fodder, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Sunday, 30th November 1913: Tech Hi Boys Admire Atlantas Police Chief, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]